Painting a Series

[ad_1] By Savitha Hira It was engaging... to watch Shantkumar Hattarki transform four 15 x 11 inch canvases into a series of ‘Faces’ that donned the mantle of the artist, ready to hold their individual communiqué with the viewers. Underlining the process... There is no division of canvas or individual composition. The small canvases are placed together, treated as a large surface and readied for their backdrop. Playing with acrylic and using the wash technique, two to three colours are sponge rolled onto the canvases to give a compositional reference to the series.  .Beginning with the most widely used colour, […]